AMERICANTHINKER - Globalism Must Be Vanquished
Image via Picryl . Picryl By J.B. Shurk Today’s internationalists were yesterday’s imperialists.
AMERICANTHINKER - The IMF Tries to Cover for France
IMF By Thomas Kolbe The International Monetary Fund is attempting to play down France’s deteriorating situation amid rising government debt.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Phillip Linderman) - The Fight Inside Trump’s State Department Is About Power—Not Expertise
The president needs diplomats willing to advance his America First agenda. The post The Fight Inside Trump’s State Department Is About Power—Not Expertise appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The Fight Inside Trump’s State Department Is About Power—Not Expertise The president needs diplomats willing to advance his America First agenda. Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images At last count, President Donald Trump had named only nine career Foreign Service officers (FSOs) as ambassadors. Six had been confirmed, while three remained waiting for Senate confirmation. That strikingly small number has predictably put the Foreign Service establishment inside the State Department on the warpath. Under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the breakdown was roughly 70 percent career diplomats to 30…Open
YOUTUBE (Monkey Werx) - US Diplomats surge into Europe
AMERICANTHINKER - Three Cheers for the Collapsing ‘Rules Based’ Global Order
pixabay There exists a growing mismatch between the original design of the “rules based” order and the evolving realities of modern conflict.
NYTIMES (Lisa Friedman) - 60 Countries to Meet on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels but Are Excluding the U.S.
The Trump administration was not invited to the gathering in Santa Marta, Colombia. A White House spokeswoman called the green transition “destructive.”
NEWSCATS (Diana Zapata) - GLOBAL SHOWDOWN: Left-Wing Leaders Gather in Spain as Anti-Trump Agenda Takes Center Stage
Leftist leaders from Europe and Latin America are meeting in Barcelona this week for a series of conferences to coordinate opposition to right-wing political movements. Published April 18, 2026 A powerful coalition of global leaders [...]
NPR (Fatma Tanis) - In the Trump era, everybody's talking about 'soft power.' But ... what is it exactly?
The U.S. government long saw giving international aid as a way to build goodwill throughout the world. Did it work? And what does the reducing of foreign aid mean for that effort now?
HUFFPOST - World Leader Recalls How ‘Truly Uninformed’ Trump Was During Meeting-Turned-‘Spectacle’
“We are rather amazed at the attention he gives to us. We are a small country, and we are no threat to the United States,” the leader said.
NPR (The Associated Press) - France ups the ante in the spat with US ambassador, says ministers will no longer meet him
France's spat with the U.S. ambassador to Paris has taken another turn with the French foreign minister now saying the top U.S. diplomat in France must explain himself after ignoring a French summons.